Although a crash-test dummy could do your job, you've at least got a foot into the glamorous door of Show Business. Do your best to stand still as irritable technicians wave light meters in your face and try to offset the terrible wages by eating all you can from the set buffet.

S M T W T F S

0

10:00 - 17:00

0

0

§420/day

0

No bonus

0

2) Body Double

Nothing builds confidence like being told your butt is good enough to stand in for a major star's during those tiring shower shots. Keep building those skills, and someday you might get your face on the screen instead.

S M T W T F S

1

13:00 - 20:00

1

0

§577/day

0

Bonus: §1,154

0

3) Bit Player

Your hard work has paid off, and now they're actually letting you say a few lines. Just remember: don't look at the camera, don't wave to your Mom, and keep the spinach out of your front teeth.

S M T W T F S

2

09:00 - 16:00

2

0

§714/day

0

Bonus: §1,428

0

4) Commercial Actor/Actress

Hawking dish soap, cell phones and fast food might not be Hamlet, but it sure is starting to bring home the bacon. Best of all, your face is starting to become familiar to a wide audience. Try if you can, though, to pick the right products to represent: no one wants to be remembered as the Toilet Paper Guy/Gal.

S M T W T F S

3

08:00 - 17:00

3

0

§861/day

0

Bonus: §1,722

1

5) Cartoon Voice

Finally, a chance to play a real character. Except that your character isn't real, and your audience is more likely to be lying on the living room carpet than sitting in the plush seats. No matter how stupid you're being paid to sound, at least you're saving a fortune on wardrobe!

S M T W T F S

4

13:00 - 20:00

3

1

§1,008/day

2

Bonus: §2,016

3

6) Supporting Player

You're finally starting to break into the big time, and your name now appears somewhere at the beginning of the picture instead of at the end near "Animal Wrangler" and "Key Grip". Keep a cool head, don't upstage your star and you'll be on your way to stardom in a flash.

S M T W T F S

5

18:00 - 01:00

5

2

§1,155/day

3

Bonus: §2,310

5

7) Broadway Star

Nothing gives a rising star's career a boost like headlining on Broadway! Just make sure you really strut your stuff in those musical numbers. You never know how many shows you've got left before today's boffo box office blowout hit turns into yesterday's news.

S M T W T F S

6

18:00 - 01:00

7

3

§1,312/day

4

Bonus: §2,624

7

8) Leading Man/Lady

You're making three films a year, you're deluged with scripts and you just got voted "Sexiest Man/Woman Alive" by three different tabloids. Try to keep your eye on your job amidst all this acclaim, since one bad picture is all it takes to bump you onto late night infomercials...

S M T W T F S

7

13:00 - 19:00

10

4

§2,205/day

5

Bonus: §4,410

9

9) Blockbuster Director

Now you've got your chance behind the camera, and it's all in your hands. Try to keep in mind what it was like when you were in front of that camera as you coax the best out of your actors, and try not to think about how many millions you'll cost your bosses if you screw it up. No pressure.

S M T W T F S

9

10:00 - 17:00

10

5

§3,051/day

7

Bonus: §6,102

11

10) Icon

There's not a Sim in the world who's ever been to a movie or watched a TV that doesn't know who you are. All that's left is to frolic in your piles of cash and do the projects that you've always wanted to do while you wait for those Lifetime Achievement Awards to roll in.

<Sim> is asked by his/her agency to stand in for a famous star's rump in a shower scene. As he/she is undressing, however, <Sim> discovers that he's/she's developed a huge pimple on his behind and has left all his/her professional makeup at home. Should <Sim> ask for help from one of his/her colleagues on the set or should he/she improvise with some cheap cover-up from a nearby drugstore?

Ask for Help

Success: Promoted to Bit Player

85% chance

Failure: Lose a day's pay (§577)

14% chance

Use Cheap Cover-Up

Success: +§5,000

14% chance

Failure: Get Fired

85% chance

3) Bit Player

Reading his/her script, <Sim> realizes it's a total stinker. Even though he's/she's just a bit player, he/she still has his/her standards, and <Sim> finds a few places where he/she thinks the script could be substantially improved. Should <Sim> bring his/her suggestions to the director or should he/she just keep quiet and do the scene as written?

Offer Suggestions

Success: +2

15% chance

Failure: -§1,000

84% chance

Keep Quiet

Success: +§10,000

84% chance

Failure: Get Fired

15% chance

4) Commercial Actor/Actress

No chance cards for this level

5) Cartoon Voice

<Sim> wakes up on the morning of the first day of recording with a terrible case of laryngitis, sounding like a croaking frog on its deathbed. <Sim>'s agent insists that her Aunt Petunia's special throat remedy will get him/her sounding right as rain in a jiffy. Should <Sim> take the remedy, or instead call in sick to the casting director?

Take Remedy

Success: Promoted to Supporting Player

15% chance

Failure: Lose a day's pay (§1,008)

84% chance

Call In Sick

Success: +§4,000

84% chance

Failure: Demoted to Commercial Actor/Actress

15% chance

6) Supporting Player

No chance cards for this level

7) Broadway Star

Everyone's raving about playwright Eustace G. Sledgewick-Hargully, but the latest script of his <Sim> has been sent doesn't seem as strong as all the others. Should <Sim> take the part and trust his/her skills as a performer to punch it up, or should he/she pass it up and wait for a better role to come along?

Take the Part

Success: +2

15% chance

Failure: Demoted to Cartoon Voice

84% chance

Pass on the Part

Success: +§50,000

84% chance

Failure: -2

15% chance

8) Landing Man/Lady

No chance cards for this level

9) Blockbuster Director

Two weeks before shooting is to start on <Sim>'s blockbuster action film, the leading man walks out when his trailer's fruit and cheese platter is late. The handsome but unknown Brick Strikeman's resume just landed on <Sim>'s desk, but it's a huge risk to gamble with casting on such an expensive movie. Alternatively, <Sim> could also take the part himself/herself. Should <Sim> take a chance on the rookie star or shoulder the burden of being both star and director?